Occupational carbon monoxide poisoning in Washington State, 2000-2005.
Washington State workers' compensation data can be used to guide prevention efforts focused on occupational carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning. Between 2000 and 2005, a total of 345 individual claims comprising 221 different exposure incidents were identified for the 6-year time period. The construction...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Occupational & Environmental Hygiene Vol. 7; no. 10; pp. 547 - 557 |
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| Formato: | research tables/charts Journal Article |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Oct2010
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=105056812&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 105056812 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 15459624 V1L jtl: Journal of Occupational & Environmental Hygiene issn: 15459624 maglogo: Y pubinfo: dt: Oct2010 vid: 7 iid: 10 pid: 377 pub: Taylor & Francis Ltd place: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania artinfo: ui: 105056812 2010716910 10.1080/15459624.2010.488210 NLM20635297 105056812 ppf: 547 ppct: 10 formats: fmt: @attributes: type: P tig: atl: Occupational carbon monoxide poisoning in Washington State, 2000-2005. aug: au: Reeb-Whitaker CK Bonauto DK Whittaker SG Adams D affil: WA State Department of Labor and Industries, SHARP Program, PO Box 44330, Olympia, WA 98504; whca235@Lni.wa.gov sug: subj: Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Trends Occupational Exposure Trends Billing and Claims Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Risk Factors Geographic Factors Human Industry Classification Occupational Exposure Risk Factors Spearman's Rank Correlation Coefficient Washington Worker's Compensation ab: Washington State workers' compensation data can be used to guide prevention efforts focused on occupational carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning. Between 2000 and 2005, a total of 345 individual claims comprising 221 different exposure incidents were identified for the 6-year time period. The construction industry had 43 (20%) CO incidents, followed by wholesale trade with 32 (15%), and agriculture with 27 (12%) incidents. Fuel-powered forklifts caused 29% of all incidents, while autos/trucks/buses were responsible for 26%. The number of forklift incidents in fruit packing and cold storage companies declined significantly from 1994 through 2007 (Spearman's rho = 0.6659, p < 0.01). While this study used multiple medical records from workers' compensation claims to identify CO poisoning, a surveillance system that lacks extensive medical records may rely principally on carboxyhemoglobin (COHb) tests. This study demonstrated that 71% of the identified workers' compensation claims had associated COHb tests. The recurrence and timing of CO poisoning as well as control of the CO-generating source were determined. Approximately 8% of all work sites had recurring CO poisoning incidents. Two percent experienced a recurrent incident within 16 days of the initial incident, and 6% experienced a recurrent incident between 16 days and 3 years after the initial incident. Sixty-seven percent of claimants exposed to CO were not in direct control of the CO-generating source; this has implications for CO prevention and underscores the need for all employees to be trained on CO hazards. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: research tables/charts Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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